December 2013

The 130th IACP conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was a great success, providing over 13,000 attendees with the chance to network, share knowledge, socialize, and experience firsthand the new advances in police services and products.

Articles

By Grande Lum, Director of the Community Relations ServiceFrancis Amoroso, CRS Regional Director of the Northeastern Region, Chief of Police (Retired) of Portland, MaineRosa Melendez, CRS Regional Director of the Northwestern Region, U.S. Marshal (Retired) of the Western District of Washington

On Sunday, August 5, 2012, an individual with alleged white supremacist ties entered a Sikh gurdwara, or temple, in the community of Oak Creek, Wisconsin, and opened fire on the congregation. Six wors...

Active shooter incidents provide law enforcement with a number of crime-specific challenges. Among these significant challenges faced by law enforcement agencies responding to active shooter incidents...

A period is launching in which, due to globalization, acculturation has occurred, and accessibility, due to the Internet, has led to transference of animosities and the spillover of geopolitics and em...

The San Diego Law Enforcement Coordination Center (SD-LECC) is a Department of Homeland Security–recognized fusion center and a member of the California State Threat Assessment System (STAS). It com...

By Mark Wynn, Nashville, Tennessee, Police Department, Lieutenant (Retired) and National and International Law Enforcement Trainer and Consultant on Violence Against Women and Faculty for IACP's National Law Enforcement Leadership Initiative on Violence Against Women